Background Organization and presentation of biodiversity data is greatly facilitated by
databases that are specially designed to allow easy data entry and organized data display …

The Hawaiian endemic fern Polypodium pellucidum, named for its characteristic translucent
leaf veins, is a member of the monophyletic, primarily temperate species group known as the …

In 1964 some 65 scientists from nearly a dozen countries took part in the field operations of
the Galápagos Islands Scientific Project. During these six weeks, a plan to produce a …

This paper introduces the integration of additive partitioning with species—area
relationships to island biogeography in order to address the question “How are the …

Schiedea and Alsinidendron (Caryophyllaceae), which represent the fifth or sixth largest
endemic radiation of species in the angiosperm flora of the Hawaiian Islands, exhibit striking …

Systematic and biogeographical relationships within the Hawaiian clade of the pantropical
understory shrub genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) were investigated using phylogenetic …

This study, originally made in the 1930s, is an appraisal of traditional horticulture as it
existed in the Hawaiian Islands prior to Euro-American contact. The work describes in detail …

Aim Little is known about how diversification occurs within long‐lived, highly dispersible and
continuously distributed groups. We examined the distribution of genetic variation within the …

TIie articles in tkis volume ikstrate that the Hawaiian islands are perkzps tke most
extraordinary living museum of evolution on tire planet. However, Hawaii's value as a …

The Hawaiian endemic mints, which comprise 58 species of dry‐fruited Haplostachys and
fleshy‐fruited Phyllostegia and Stenogyne, represent a major island radiation that likely …